THE BOOK OF DANIEL Dr. Andy Woods.

THE BOOK OF DANIEL Dr. Andy Woods

DANIEL 10-12 THE FINAL VISION

Chapter 10–12 Outline The Setting (10:1-3)
Arrival of the Heavenly Messenger (10:4-9) Explanation of the Heavenly Messenger (10:10–11:1) The Prophecy of the Heavenly Messenger (11:2–12:13)

I. The Setting (10:1-3) Historically (v. 1) Cyrus of Persia
Third year of Cyrus Personally (v. 2-3)

Succession of Gentile Rulers
1-4: Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 5: Belshazzar of Babylon 6: Darius of Media – Persia 7-8: Belshazzar of Babylon 9: Darius of Media – Persia 10-12: Cyrus of Media – Persia

CHAPTER AND VERSE IN DANIEL 2nd year of Nebuchadnezzar
CHRONOLOGICAL DATE BIBLICAL DATE 1:1 605 3rd year of Jehoiakim 2:1 603 2nd year of Nebuchadnezzar 5 Sat. night 10/12/539 (Hoehner) 7:1 553 1st year of Belshazzar 8:1 551 3rd year of Belshazzar 9:1 538 1st year of Darius 10:1 536 3rd year of Cyrus

Daniel’s Age CHAPTER EVENTS AGE 1 Taken to Babylonian captivity 15 2
Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st dream (huge image) 17 3 Daniel’s 3 friends cast into the fiery furnace 19 or 20 4 Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s 2nd dream (huge tree) 45-50 5 Interpreting handwriting of the wall at Belshazzar’s feast Early 80’s 6 Delivered from the den of lions c.83 7-8 Daniel’s visions and dreams Mid-60’s 9 Daniel’s seventy “sevens” prophecy Early-80’s 10-12 Final dreams and visions Mid-80’s

Adorning of the temple and reforming the people
Three Returns Date Duration Persian king Jewish leader Scripture Purpose Number of returnees 1st return 538–515 B.C. 23 years Cyrus (Isa 44:28‒45:1) Zerubbabel Ezra 1–6; Isaiah 44:28 Rebuilding the temple 50,000 2nd return 458–457 B.C. 2 years Artaxerxes Ezra Ezra 7–10 Adorning of the temple and reforming the people 2,000 3rd return 444–432 B.C. 8 years Nehemiah Rebuilding the wall

III. Explanation of the Heavenly Messenger (10:10–11:1)
Explanation of His Delay (10:10-13) Explanation of His Visit (10:14–11:1) Purpose of his visit (10:14) Daniel's reaction (10:15-19) Continuing spiritual warfare (10:20–11:1)

Biblical Reality of the Angelic World
Job 1:12 2 Kings 6:15-17 1 Chron. 21:1 Dan 10:12-13, 20 Matt. 16:21-23 Eph. 6:12 Rev. 12

IV. The Prophecy of the Heavenly Messenger (11:2–12:13)
Persia (11:2) Greece (11:3-4) Ptolemies & Seleucids (11:5-20) Antiochus (11:21-35) Antichrist (11:36-45) Tribulation & Millennium (12:1-13)

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting on the Wall

6 Empires Babylon (2:36-38; 7:4) 605-539 BC
Media-Persia (2:39a; 7:5) BC Greece (2:39b; 7:6) BC Rome I (2:40; 7:7a) 63 BC – 70 AD Rome II (2:41-43; 7:7b-8) Tribulation Kingdom (2:44-45; 7:9-14) After 2nd Coming

Statue & Stone

Description of 4 Beasts 2nd Beast (V.5) Bear Media-Persia
Chest & Arms of Silver 5:28; 8:20 BC Raised on One Side Three Ribs Arise and Devour

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CHAPTER 8

Daniel 8:20-21 (NASB) “The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia. 21 The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.”

PERSIA 11:2 Cambyses 530-523 BC Pseudo-Smerdis 522 BC
Darius I Hystaspes BC Xerxes BC Aka. “Ahasuerus” in Esther

Xerxes Against Greece “In his great campaign against Greece from 481 to 479 BC, with an army of probably 200,000 men and a navy of many hundreds of ships gathered from all over his vast empire, Xerxes desperately sought to avenge the humiliating defeat suffered by his father, Darius I, at the battle of Marathon (490 BC). But his army was defeated north of Athens at Plataea (479 BC) just after his Navy was smashed at Salamis, to the west of Athens.” John C. Whitcomb, Daniel, Everyman's Bible Commentary (Chicago, IL: Moody, 1985), 146.

6 Empires Babylon (2:36-38; 7:4) 605-539 BC
Media-Persia (2:39a; 7:5) BC Greece (2:39b; 7:6) BC Rome I (2:40; 7:7a) 63 BC – 70 AD Rome II (2:41-43; 7:7b-8) Tribulation Kingdom (2:44-45; 7:9-14) After 2nd Coming

Statue & Stone

Description of 4 Beasts 3rd Beast (V. 6) Leopard Greece
Belly & Thighs of Bronze 8:21 BC Rapid Conquest (Wings & Leopard) Four Generals (Wings & Heads)

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CHAPTER 8

Daniel 8:20-21 (NASB) “The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia. 21 The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.”

Biblical Reality of the Angelic World
Job 1:12 2 Kings 6:15-17 1 Chron. 21:1 Dan 10:12-13, 20 Matt. 16:21-23 Eph. 6:12 Rev. 12

GREECE 11:3-4 Alexander the Great Died at age 33 in 323 BC No heirs
Kingdom divided among his 4 generals Daniel 7:6, 8:5-8

Hall of the Humbled (Prov. 16:18; 1 Peter 5:5)
Satan (Isa. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:12-17; 1 Tim. 3:6) Uzziah (2 Chron 26:16) Herod (Acts 12:20-23) Paul (2 Cor 12:1-10)

GREECE 11:3-4 Alexander the Great Died at age 33 in 323 BC No heirs
Kingdom divided among his 4 generals Daniel 7:6, 8:5-8

Four Generals Daniel 7:6; 8:8, 22
Cassander Macedonia Ptolemy Egypt Lysimachus Thrace & Asia Minor Seleucus Syria (including Israel)

PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDS 11:5-20
History of warfare between the 2 dynasties Ptolemies of Egypt vs. Seleucids of Syria King of the South vs. King of the North From 323 BC – 175 BC The beautiful land = Israel Cassander and Lysimachus not in view Key transition in 198 B.C. Selective and non-comprehensive history What is at stake?

KINGS OF THE SOUTH (EGYPT) KINGS OF THE NORTH (SYRIA)
Ptolemy I (Soter) 323–285 Seleucus I (Nicator) 312–281 Ptolemy II (Philadelphus) 285–247 Antiochus I (Soter) 281–261 Ptolemy III (Euregetus) 247–221 Antiochus Theos 261–246 Ptolemy IV (Philopater) 221–220 Seleucus Callinicus 246–226 Ptolemy V (Epiphanes) 203–182 Seleucus III 226–223 Antiochus III (Great) 223–187 Seleucus IV (Philopater) 186–175 Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) 175–164 Paul N. Benware, Commentary on the Book of Daniel: The Coming Judgment of the Nations; Daniel's Prophecy of Things to Come (Clifton, TX: Scofield Ministries, 2007), 233.

Ezekiel 5:5 “Thus says the Lord God, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her.’”

Ezekiel 38:12 “to capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world.”

Intertestamental Chronology (Dates BC)
SELEUCIDS Seleucus I Antiochus I Antiochus II Seleucus II Seleucus III Antiochus III Seleucus IV Philapator Antiochus IV Epiphanes

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H.C. Leupold’s Homiletical (Preaching) Suggestions on Daniel 11
“This chapter might be treated in Bible classes. We do not see how it could be used for a sermon or for sermons.” Leupold, H. C. (1949). Exposition of Daniel (p. 525). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.

Conclusion

Purpose To encourage Judah by emphasizing the sovereignty of God during the Babylonian captivity and to teach Judah how to live while outside the land

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” (NIV)

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